Joan Marie Laurer, better known by her stage name Chyna, was born on the 27th December 1970, in Rochester, New York USA, and is known as a former professional wrestler, who competed for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and holds the title of WWF Intercontinental Champion as well as the WWF Women’s Championship title. Chyna is also recognized as a pornographic film actress.
Have you ever wondered how rich Chyna is? It is estimated from sources that Chyna’s net worth is over $1.5 million, as of early 2016, which has been accumulated not only through her career as a professional wrestler, but also as a professional pornographic actress and model.
Chyna Net Worth $1.5 Million
Chyna was raised with two siblings by her parents Joe and Janet Laurer; during her childhood, she learned to play the cello and violin. She attended Penfield High School, where she won a scholarship, so she finished her high school education in Spain. After it, she enrolled at the University of Tampa, from which she graduated with a degree in Spanish Literature in 1992. Before she started her professional wrestling career, Chyna was a competitor in fitness.
In the 1990s, Chyna attended the Wladek “Killer” Kowalski wrestling school n Malden, Massachusetts, debuting as a professional wrestler in 1995 against a male wrestler who was dressed up as a woman. The following year, she met Triple H and Shawn Michaels after a wrestling show, and was asked to become their bodyguard. In the beginning, owner Vince McMahon opposed her joining the WWF, however in 1997, he let her become a part of the WWF.
She joined Triple H and Shawn Michaels as a part of the Degeneration X, fighting with them until 1999. During that time, she fought with wrestlers such as Kane, Goldust, Marlena, and others. Her popularity began to grow, and so did her net worth, as she was included in bouts during Royal Rumble, St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, and Wrestlemania XV.
In 1999, her net worth increased when she became the Intercontinental Champion, defeating Jarret in the No Mercy event, and by that becoming the first woman wrestler ever to achieve such a title. She defended the title once against Chris Jericho, but in their next fight, held at Armageddon event, she lost the belt.
After that she teamed up with Eddie Guerrero, even becoming his on-screen girlfriend; the two won the Intercontinental Championship, against Val Veins and Trish Stratus, however, in a later Triple Treat match, Eddie, Chyna and Kurt Ange fought for the belt, with Guerrero leaving as a winner.
To speak further of her accomplishments in wrestling, Chyna won the Women’s Championship belt in 2001, defeating Ivory at Wrestlemania X-seven, which also increased her net worth. However, she left the WWF in 2001, stating personal reasons, and in 2002, she joined the Japan Pro Wrestling, but she quit after no success in several fights. Nine years later, Chyna joined the Total Nonstop Wrestling, teaming up with Kurt Ange to defeat Karen Jarret and Jeff Jarret, but after those events, she decided to leave wrestling for good.
Chyna has also been recognized as a porn actress, and model, starting in 2000, when she appeared nude in Playboy for the November issue. She made her film debut in 2004, in “One Night In China”. Five years later, Chyna appeared in “Another Night in China”, and in 2011, she was a star of the porn film entitled “Backdoor To Chyna”. Furthermore, in 2012, she took part in the film “Avengers XXX: A Porn Parody”, and most recently she took the role of She-Hulk in “She Hulk XXX: A Porn Parody” in 2013.
Chyna has also appeared in several TV series and films, such as “3rd Rock From Sun”, “Illegal Aliens”, “The Surreal Life: Fame Games”, and several others, all of which have added to her net worth.
Speaking about her personal life, Chyna was in a relationship with wrestler Paul Levesque, then she was briefly engaged to wrestler Sean Waltman, with whom she made her first sex tape. Currently she is single, and since 2012 she has been in Japan, where she teaches English.
